{"id":5137,"date":"2016-07-20T10:36:32","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T10:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-billy-talent-afraid-of-heights\/"},"modified":"2016-07-20T10:36:32","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T10:36:32","slug":"album-review-billy-talent-afraid-of-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-billy-talent-afraid-of-heights\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Billy Talent &#8211; Afraid of Heights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/84f5b86e5351bb1ca2d6e83f59489edd\/tumblr_oaha5iE04b1r8no6so1_1280.jpg\" width=\"250em\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>It feels like an age since we last heard from <b>Billy Talent<\/b> doesn\u2019t it? Four long years since everybody\u2019s real favourite band dropped <i>\u2018Dead Silence\u2019<\/i> on our unsuspecting ears to be exact. Luckily the Canadians have returned with another slab of forward thinking and infectious rock for us to get lost in in the form of <i>\u2018Afraid Of Heights\u2019<\/i> just in the nick of time. Is it any good though?<\/p>\n<p>Of course it is.<\/p>\n<p>The thing about <b>Billy Talent<\/b> is that they have never had to drastically reinvent themselves at any time during their existence. The music they make has always been brilliant just as it is. Brash and ballsy yet soulful and sultry, the contents of <i>\u2018Afraid Of Heights\u2019<\/i> feels like another masterclass in songwriting to rival any of the band\u2019s previous gold selling records.<\/p>\n<p><!-- more --><\/p>\n<p> <i>\u2018Ghost Ship Of Cannibal Rats\u2019<\/i> and <i>\u2018Louder Than The DJ\u2019<\/i> probe with spiky riffs and heated vocal refrains, <i>\u2018This Is Our War\u2019<\/i> feels like a banner being waved in the face of adversity and the title track bristles with building melodies and building . These aren\u2019t songs written by a band that feels like they have something to prove. There\u2019s no bullshit or pretense to be found. <b>Billy Talent<\/b> write music simply because it is what they love to do, plain and simple. That has always been the case and <i>\u2018Afraid Of Heights\u2019<\/i> just goes to reiterate that in the best way possible.<\/p>\n<p><b>Billy Talent<\/b> are a band others should aspire to be &#8211; accessible yet wholly unique, easy to listen to but also littered with little intricacies that make them different, playing music simply because they want to. Saying that, <i>\u2018Afraid Of Heights\u2019<\/i> is just another notch in the belt for a band that have consistently produced enigmatic and vital rock music across their career and seem to have no intention of stopping now. Expect to have these jams running round your head for months to come. <\/p>\n<p>3.5\/5<\/p>\n<p><i>\u2018Afraid Of Heights\u2019<\/i> by <b>Billy Talent<\/b> is released on July 29th on <b>Warner Music Canada<\/b> \/ <b>The End<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Billy Talent<\/b> links: <a href=\"http:\/\/billytalent.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/billytalent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/billytalentband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/billytalent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/billytalentband.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tumblr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Jack Rogers (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackMRog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@JackMRog<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It feels like an age since we last heard from Billy Talent doesn\u2019t it? 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